Egg-case.



G. TIEMAN.

EGG CASE.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 0, 1013.

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GEORGE TIEMAN, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PHILIP W. MAHLER, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.

EGG-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedNov. 24:, 1914..

Application filed July 9, 1913. Serial No. 778,074.

To all whom, it may concern:

1 3e it known that-I, GEORGE TIEMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Michigan City, in the county of Laporte and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Egg-Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a shipping case for containing breakable commodities, such as eggs, and relates more particularly to a case of'that type in which oppositely-dis posed cellular holderscombine to form receptacles in which the eggs are individually placed.

eggs will be resiliently supported so that they will not break by external shocks im- V claim appended hereto.

' other.

parted to the casing or by contact with each Another object of the invention is the provision of a shipping case or box in which the cellular holders or sections are constructed of folded sheet cardboard or the like having a novel arrangement of notches or slots and tongues .whereby interlocking connections are provided between the sheets.

Withthese objects in view, and others as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the y In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention,

and wherein similar reference characters are I employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the cellular holders or sections of the case; Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the complete case with eggs positioned in the cells thereof; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the cellular section or holder; Flg. 4: 1s a plan view of theblank constituting the bottom-form- Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to Fig. 2, A and A designate the cellular sections or holders which cooperate to form chambers or receptacles to contain the eggs B or equivalent articles to be protected in shipment or transportation, said sections A. and A being contained in a suitable box, which, in the present instance, comprises a body or bottom section C and a cover section C arranged to telescope over the bottom section, the bottom of the bottom section and top of the cover section being provided with a corrugated packing l to. increase the resiliency.

The cellular sections A and A are similar in construction, so that two sections will always mate, and a description of one will suliice for both. The cellular sections are made of two sheets of cardboard or other flexible material a and a, Figs. 4: and 5, respectively. The sheet a is scored transversely on two series of straight lines 2 and 3, the lines of one series alternating with those of theother and the sheet is folded zigzag on these lines so as to form the bot-' toms and two opposite sides of the egg cells. When the sheet a, Fig. 4, is folded, the creases 2 form the crests and the creases 3 form the troughs of the angular corrugations of the'finished element, and in the troughs are spaced recesses provided by approximately diamond-shaped openings 4 1n the lines 3 and semi-diamond-shaped openings 4 in the ends of the sheet. Instead of being true diamond-shaped openings tongues 5 are left in the acute corners of the openings. The portions 8 and 8" between adjacent openings or recesses constitute the sides and bottoms of the cells. That is to say, the connected portions 8 and 8 between the lines 2 form the sides and bottoms of one cell and theseportions of one cell are united with the corresponding portions of an adjacent cell by connecting portions 18 that are located in the lines 2. 'These portions 18 are provided with notches or recesses 6 which are disposed in line with theedges 7 of the openings 4 and 4.

The sheet a which forms the ends of the individual cells is rectangular and has a series of evenly spaced fold lines 10 with a. pair of parallel fold lines 11 between adjacent lines 10. The sheet a is folded zigzag but the troughs are as wide as the portions 17 between the lines 11, and these portions 17 form sub bottoms for the cells. The

tongue 13 an offset or recess forming a.

shoulder 14. The portion of the sheet a lying between two adjacent lines forms the end walls of one row of cells, that is to say, the portions 0 and 0 form the end walls of one cell, d and al form the endwalls of an adjacent cell,e an'd e the end walls of another cell, and f and f the end walls of the remaining cell of a row. When the two sheets a and a are folded the folded sheet a is placed on the folded sheet a and the portions 18 of the first sheet enterthe recesses 12 of the sheet a, and the shoulders, or tongues 14 engage in the notches 6 and the tongues 5 0f the sheet ainterlock with the tongues of'the sheet a. underliethe bottom portions of the part a 1 so that each cell has a double bottom and the end walls of the cells are inclined downwardly toward the bottom and straight, While the side walls and bottoms formed by the portions 8 and 8 are curved. A cellular holder of thecharacter referred to possesses great strength and is easily and inexpensively made with a minimum waste of material. I

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood byfthose skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation, together with the device which ll now consider to be The portions 11 the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be 'made when desired as are within of the appended claim.

Having thus described my lnventlon, ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A cellular holderdfor eggs and the like, comprising two interlocking elements made of rectangular sheet material, one element being provided with substantially rhom l' oidal openings arranged in longitudinal andtransverse rows, and said element being.

folded zigzag with the alternate lines of fold extending through the rows of open ings and between such rows, and the other element being provided with openings arthe scoperanged in longitudinal and transverse rows locked by the portions in each element be tween the openings interlocking with the openings of the other element, whereby cells are formed having four lateral walls and a double bottom. p In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificationin the presence of two. subscribing witnesses.

GEQRGE TIEMAN. Witnesses I L. J. MAYER, J. C(SAWYER. a 

